OTTAWA – Upcoming changes to the Royal Canadian Mint's mandate will allow the federal government to save millions when paying to produce and distribute loonies, toonies and other circulation coins for use in the Canadian market.

OTTAWA — Canadian consumers have largely scorned it and the country has ended its production. Yet the federal government remains a protective parent of the penny – specifically the question of how the one-cent coin may be used.

She’s the ultimate heroine of Canadian history, a very real but much-mythologized figure who famously rushed through the woods with her cow in tow (or not) to save the nation from invading American troops during the War of 1812.